Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-01
LEARY,s HOME RUN.

LEA&Y'S HOME RUN.
 The Longest Hit Ever Made at Ham
 fIton Park-But 1t Docs Not Win the
 Game-Danbury Gets There-Excel-
 lent Work by Both Outhe1ds.
 There were about two hundred people at Hamilton Park yesterday afternoon who ex- pected to see the New Ravens beat the Dan burys, but the result shows what uncertain ties there are in base ball. The game was lost through the bungling and stupid work Of the home team. Leary gave five men their bases on balls, but one of which resulted in score.
 It was bad day to play base ball. The wind blew hard and the dust flew across the diamond at times The cold wind seemed to throw wet blanket on the in6eld work of the home team, for they played as if ln a half-dazed condition, throwing the ball any where, generally the farthest place from where it would do any good.
 The spectators were undoubtedly repaid for their visit, as the outfeld of both teams gave good exhibition of ball playing.
 The first run was scored in the second in- ley had flied out, ,Emade base hit. Murphy made three-base hit just inside the right field foul line, Brill scoring. Murphy did not score, as Friss went out on foul tip.
 The Danburys made four runs in the third inning when they should not have made but two. There was one out when Monroe made a base hit, and went to third on Manloves hit. Manlove stole second and both scored on Shay's hit. Friss picked up Rollins hit, but he threw the ball so wildly that it went past Phalon, and while he was chasing it Shay ran home Rollins, who is very large, was getting around the bases as fast as he knew how. All the infelders stood like wax statues and made no attempt to back up Murphy, to whom Phalon threw the ball, but it went past him into the crowd and Rollins scored.
 Bad business this wild throwing and stupidness in failing to back up man when the ball was thrown to him.
 Connell got his base on balls and stole sec- ond, but was caught mapping by Murphy, base on Friss' failing to properly handle the ball. He stole second and went to third on 6 wild pitch, but Firth flied out to Crowley.
 Crowley made base hit in the fourth in- ming, but was forced out by Brill. Leary then distinguished himself by making the longest hit ever made at Hamilton Park. He drove the ball to the beer stand on the other side of the race track in the right field direc- tion. He walked in from third base. It is something remarkable to make a home run on these grounds, as there is no fence over which it can go. Many of the hits on other grounds would not be home runs if the fence were out of the way. At Hamilton Park the home run has got to be actually earned.
 Two scores, but what pity the bases were not filled at the time.
 The Danburys, however, handn't stopped making runs, for in their half of the fourth inning they made three more runs, none of which were earned. A base on balls, passed ball. a tumble and wild throw by Phalon, single, another base on balls, safe hit, gave three runs.
 They made another in the fifth inning, on TWO singles and Melons failure to stop ground ball in the field.
 The home team made it's fourth and last run in the seventh inning, on a tumble by White off Murphys hit. Friss made base hit, advancing Murphy to third. Friss at- tempted to steal second on his hit, but was thrown out by Cornell. Burns hit safely, bringing Murphy home, but he was left on third
 The Danburys made their last run in the eighth inning on three singles and wild throw by Murphy to Brill to cut off Manlove, who scored on the error.
 Burns and Drouby did especially noticea- ble work in the field. Phalon made diff cult catch while running backward. The score:
 NEW HAVEN DANPIrRy